Here is the surprise. For all its power, Amazing Grace never topped the chart. It peaked at just No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and stopped at No. 2 on the R&B albums chart, never claiming the top spot.

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Aretha Franklin's landmark run from Respect to Amazing Grace still shapes soul, R&B, and pop more than six decades on. Glanzmoment des Abends: Eine Konfettiexplosion erfüllt die Luft, während zwei ...